For most people, “innovation” means what we invest in: Where’s the next Uber or Lyft? But there’s been very little innovation in how we find ideas. As one tangible example, most of the venture capital process today is a “one size fits all” system…

A new industry merge between two prominent tech companies will help consumers navigate and arrive to their destinations faster. Industry forces Uber and Foursquare are joining together to create a stronger navigation system. The goal, according to a blog post created by Foursquare, for…

Disclosure: I love food. Obviously, I know I’m not alone in this passion, but the desire to stuff tasty eats down my gullet exceeds that of an imaginary crossbreed between Liz Lemon and a brontosaurus (presuming, here, that a brontosaurus must eat constantly in…

Washington DC based Mapbox today announced a series B round of $52M, one of the largest for mapping and location based startups. Led by San Francisco DFJ Growth, they are joined by Pritzker Group, DBL Partners, Promus Ventures Thrive Capital, and their initial series…

This morning, the New York, NY-based, deep linking startup Button announced a partnership with Foursquare that will give Foursquare users the ability to book Uber rides directly from within the Foursquare app. The partnership with the location-based service provides Button with an expansion of its…

The winter holidays are wonderful…beautiful…cheerful; the winter holidays are terrible…stressful…awful. No matter who you are, this time of year often represents some of the best and the worst of what this life has to offer. Sure, many of us get to go back to…

What’s happening? That’s the essential premise behind the new application Happinin. Currently available Baltimore, MD and Annapolis, MD, the app allows users to discover what’s going on in local venues, helping them to narrow down which bars to go to or which events to…

We’ve been seeing more and more companies invite an outside, well-experienced entrepreneur to sit as the Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). Garrett Camp and Naveen Selvadurai, Uber and Foursquare cofounders respectively, have announced that they’ll be adhering to this trend and bringing their own EIR into…

Foursquare cofounder Dennis Crowley just announced on Instagram that the company plans to launch the new version of Foursquare tomorrow. Since the company announced its strategy to separate utility between its new Swarm app and the traditional Foursquare app, many had been lost as…

Today was a big day as the Boston Marathon resumed after last year’s horrific bombing. A number of tech startup founders, investors and entrepreneurs participated, so we thought we’d show some support by pulling together some of the notable techie Boston Marathon finishers. Congrats…

Yesterday, Foursquare announced they’ve integrated GrubHub and Seamless directly into their mobile apps. Now when you’re looking for food in Foursquare, if either service is possible for that particular establishment, you’ll be presented with GrubHub or Seamless as an option. One click and you can…

Today VisualCandyApps launched a brand-new iOS app, LIFTTT: Location plus If This Then That. It marks the third app the UK-based company has created, giving users the ability to factor in the “where” to the already popular IFTTT app. “Our company was founded a…

“Time has always been the biggest challenge, especially as a solo entrepreneur,” says Mark Doyle, founder and President of Scruddle. “I spent a lot of time trying to develop a business model, coding the entire website and underlying services, running my outside software contracting…

According to a social media report produced by Nielsen, Foursquare placed in 3rd place – behind Facebook and Twitter – in app usage, by the end of 2012. Since then, Foursquare’s user base has increased from 25 million to 33 million (as of April)….

Last night, Tech Cocktail had the pleasure of showcasing 11 up-and-coming startups at our final Chicago Mixer of 2012 (and possibly ever). Prior to the event, we asked you to let us know who was the hottest. The tribe has spoken. Evzdrop, the location-based interest network…

Editor’s Note: This article about best food apps is a revised version of an article that appeared in a previous issue of The Social Media Monthly. If you like it, you might want to download The Social Media Monthly iPad app or iPhone app and subscribe, or order a print…

First it was a tweeting cake. Next it was the social fridge. Now,we have the social cooler (see: below). Social Cooler v 0.3 from iStrategyLabs on Vimeo. iStrategyLabs, a DC-based creative digital agency, has pioneered social machines – the crossroad between the physical and…